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This chapter studies sedimentation of suspensions treated as continuous media. Sedimentation processes are studied from two perspectives; a discrete approach and a continuum approach, in which dynamic processes are established. This chapter uses the continuum approach and presents the concept of an ideal suspension and an ideal thickener. Suspensions described by solid concentration, solid component velocity and fluid component velocity constitute the sedimentation process provided they obey the mass conservation equations. Sedimentation can be performed in batches or continuously. Batch sedimentation is studied first and the Modes of batch sedimentation are established. These observations are extended to continuous processes. Finally the capacity of an ideal continuous thickener is derived. Kynch sedimentation theory, besides correctly describing the behavior of incompressible suspensions, forms part of the more general theory of compressible materials. The exercise of constructing solutions to Kynch sedimentation processes allows for a better understanding of the sedimentation of compressible pulps. Anyone wanting to understand the phenomenological theory of sedimentation must first master Kynch sedimentation processes.
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Concha A., F. (2014). Kynch Theory of Sedimentation. In: Solid-Liquid Separation in the Mining Industry. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 105. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02484-4_5
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